Tag: fitbit
Revealed: The UK health and fitness apps selling your personal data
The UK’s most popular health and fitness apps collect 14 personal data points about their users on average, with the exercise tracker Fitbit collecting the most information Data harvesters who sell on your personal information can legally gather your location, photos, videos and health and fitness details from these apps Running coach app Runna shares…
Amazon confirms delivery drones for UK, Tesla profits sink
Amazon will relaunch its delivery drones in the UK next year, the shopping giant has confirmed. The company said it will begin using the unmanned, airborne vehicles for distributing goods from some of its same-day delivery sites - one of which will be in the UK.No location has yet been revealed. It's part of the…
Shiny Shiny snippets: Hate thriving on Twitter, insiders tell BBC
Twitter insiders have told the BBC that the company is no longer able to protect users from trolling, state-co-ordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation, following lay-offs and changes under owner Elon Musk. Exclusive academic data plus testimony from Twitter users backs up their allegations, suggesting hate is thriving under Mr Musk's leadership, with trolls emboldened,…
ShinyShiny snippets: Fitbit devices to require Google account from 2023
Google completed its acquisition of Fitbit last year and rebranded it "Fitbit by Google," but Fitbit continued to launch wearables as it used to before getting acquired. And while customers can currently use Fitbit accounts for new devices and services, things will change from 2023 onwards. Fitbit has updated its support page to reveal that after the launch…
ShinyShiny snippets: Ukrtelecom restores internet services after cyber-attack.
Ukraine's national telecoms operator Ukrtelecom is restoring internet services after driving back a major cyber-attack. The company said it restricted customer access to protect military users and critical infrastructure. Global internet monitor Netblocks said it was the most severe disruption to affect Ukrtelecom since Russia's invasion of Ukraine started last month. Netblocks said it saw…
What are some of the top gadgets in 2021?
SMARTPHONE: APPLE IPHONE 12 Are you a PC or a Mac? It's that old advert from around a decade ago, but the sentiment has never changed. People still divide themselves into separate technology camps and insist their choices are superior. Who knows, maybe they're right, certainly every product has its strengths and weaknesses. Still, in…
Is your fitness tracker lying to you? Bad news for Samsung owners at this year’s London Marathon
Ahead of this weekend’s London Marathon, consumer group Which? has just released data which shows that inaccurate fitness trackers could leave runners miles from or even miles past the race finish line. Its data reveals the dramatic differences between actual distances run and those reported by popular fitness trackers and wearable tech. Which? tests have found…
Customised Fitbit food database allows you to scan products for nutritional information
We're not sure it's necessarily a great idea to log the nutritional information of ALL your favourite snacks and meals, but if you really want to it's now possible thanks to Fitbit. Now available to users both in the UK and globally, Britain’s most popular food and drink items are now available as part of the…
Fitbit’s Fitness Surge fitness watch can now track outdoor cycling
Want to monitor your cycling performance? Fitbit Surge users can now track their outdoor bike rides including distance travelled, duration, average speed, heart rate and calories burned. And if you want more detail, stats automatically sync wirelessly to the Fitbit app dashboard to review routes, speed and elevation with more information. A fitness watch, Fitness…
